It is anyone’s guess as to the actual number of Icterids today at the corn stubble fields at the power line cut on River Road in Hillsborough Township – 10,000? 20,000? Jeff Ellerbusch (a soaking-wet Jeff, I might add) determined that Common Grackles were in the majority followed by Red-winged Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbirds. Further down the road, past the Opie Road bridges, a few thousand Canada Geese were on the fields. Jeff pulled out 6 Cackling Geese and a Greater White-fronted Goose from that crowd. 21 Snow Geese were found on River Road.

Incidentally, the Branchburg/Hillsborough Township borders are defined by the winding Raritan River in this area. One frequently crosses from Branchburg into Hillsborough and vice versa so please excuse mocosocoBirds if the actual township locations are bewildering at times.